CoE and Athletics Host 76ers vs. Spurs Basketball Game(12/10/04)
The College of Engineering and Drexel Athletics departments hosted a club box for alumni and friends to watch the Philadelphia 76ers play the San Antonio Spurs. Over 30 guests enjoyed the game on November 18, 2004 and they were cheering for both teams; San Antonio Spurs player Malik Rose is a 1996 Drexel education graduate.
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2004-05 CoE Advisory Council Reorganizes (12/10/04)
The College of Engineering Advisory Council gathered in November for their first meeting of the 2004-05 fiscal year. The Advisory Council has reorganized the governance and leadership to better assist the Dean and the goals and objectives of the College.
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American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers Visit Drexel(12/10/04)
In November the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) members attended an exclusive reception and tour of the Drexel Plasma Institute (DPI), where currently, extensive research related to plasma and other modern high energy engineering techniques is conducted.
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Drexel University and Williamstown High School Signs Partnership(11/17/04)
Drexel University signed a one-year agreement with the Williamstown High School. The agreement automatically accepts graduating Williamstown high school students that complete the computer science, business or finance program with SAT scores of at least 1200 and are in the top 20 percent of the graduating class.
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College of Engineering and CoE Alumni Association Hosts Wine Tasting(11/15/04)
This fall more than 30 engineering alumni gathered to experience the tastes of Argentinean and Chilean wines at the Academic Bistro located on the 6th Floor of the Academic Building.
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College of Engineering Announces New SWE Advisor, Dr. Karen Miu(11/15/04)
Dean Selçuk Güçeri announced Friday, October 8, 2004 that Dr. Karen Nan Miu (ECE) has accepted the role as the new Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Drexel Student Chapter advisor.
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Digneo Scholarship Holds Benefit Golf Tournament(11/15/04)
Participants of the Anthony C. Digneo Scholarship Golf Tournament swung their golf clubs to raise money to benefit engineering students in financial need. The tournament and dinner were held on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at the Pennsauken Country Club in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
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CoE Welcome Back Reception(11/15/04)
Dean Selçuk Güçeri kicked off the new academic year with a reception welcoming the engineering faculty, staff and students back to campus. At the Welcome Back Reception, new faculty members were introduced and welcomed to the team and new student fellowships were congratulated.
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Drexel University Ranked as Top Third School For Women Faculty(10/05/04)
In the October 2004 edition of Prism, Drexel University’s College of Engineering was ranked third for highest percentage of women faculty members at schools awarding 20 or more doctoral degrees at 15.2% and seventh for highest percentage of doctoral degrees awarded to women at 28.2%.
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Symposium in Honor of Dr. Robert M. Koerner (9/15/04)
Dr. Robert M. Koerner ’56, ’63 is the H. L. Bowman Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and director of the Geosynthetic Institute was honored on Monday, September 13, 2004 by the national community of geosynthetics researchers on his retirement from the College of Engineering.

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Drexel’s College of Engineering Ranked among Nation’s Best Engineering Schools (9/15/04)
The 2005 edition of America's Best Colleges from U.S. News & World Report ranked Drexel University’s College of Engineering undergraduate program 50th among engineering schools that award doctoral degrees. Drexel’s engineering program continues to receive highly credited recognition for both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Dr. Bruce Eisenstein Appointed Associate Dean (8/24/04)
Dean Selçuk Güçeri announced the appointment of Dr. Bruce Eisenstein as Associate Dean in the College of Engineering and Executive Director of the Drexel Engineering Curriculum (tDEC). Eisenstein will lead Drexel’s undergraduate engineering curriculum, and continue the tradition of Drexel as being the premier institution for engineering education.

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Drexel Hosts Multiple Summer Programs(8/4/04)
The College of Engineering hosted an array of summer programs this year that allowed high school students and teachers, and undergraduate students to develop a better understanding of engineering and current research. The five programs DREAM, RETAIN, RET Nano, SEED, Summer Mentorship and MSP included over 200 high school students, 90 high school teachers and 14 undergraduate students.

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Solar Atmospheres, Inc. Furnance is Dedicated at MSE VAB Meeting (7/27/04)
At the annual meeting of the Materials Science and Engineering Visiting Advisory Board on Thursday, May 6, 2004, Solar Atmospheres, Inc. CEO and VAB member William R. Jones accepted a plaque on behalf of Solar Atmospheres in honor of their donation of a laboratory, vertical, top-loading vacuum heat treating furnace to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University.

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Drexel's Summer Programs In Action (7/22/04)
The Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site, DREAM: Drexel Research Experience in Advanced Materials, was featured on the summer program front page of Drexel's newspaper, The Triangle.
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Drexel Hosts Networking Luncheon (7/1/04)

Drexel University 's College of Engineering , along with Sage Technologies, hosted a networking luncheon with Lt. Governor Catherine Baker Knoll and her newly appointed Pennsylvania Assistant Annie Karl.
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Alumni Carl Bannar Visits Drexel (6/20/04)

Carl Bannar ' 84, '92 (CS), Vice President of Program Operations for Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems, headquartered in Moorestown, NJ, visited Drexel's campus today for an official check ceremony.
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ASCE President Patricia Galloway Keynote Speaker at Order of the Engineer Induction Ceremony (6/14/04)

Patricia Galloway, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), spoke at the Order of the Engineer Ceremony.
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Palmese Announced as Department Head, Chemical Engineering(6/14/04)

Drexel University and the College of Engineering proudly announce the appointment of Dr. Giuseppe Palmese as Department Head of Chemical Engineering.
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ASCE President Patricia Galloway to Speak at Order of the Engineer Ceremony (6/8/04)
Patricia Galloway, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), will speak at the Order of the Engineer Ceremony on Friday, June 11, 2004 at 4:30 p.m. in Patton Auditorium, 109 Matheson Hall (32nd and Market Streets).
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MSE Hosts 10-Week Research Experience for Undergraduates (6/8/04)
The department of materials science and engineering (MSE) was selected by the National Science Foundation as a Research Experience for Undergraduates site for the program "DREAM: Drexel Research Experience in Advanced Materials." The program will be administered by MSE Department Head Dr. Surya Kalidindi and Dr. Antonios Zavaliangos, and was written by the MSE Program Coordinator Dorilona Rose. The program received a three-year $334,071 grant.
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Department of Athletics Announces Scholar-Athletes (6/6/04)
The Drexel Athletic Department announced this year’s scholar-athletes at the Eighth Annual Scholar-Athlete Award Ceremony on May 28, 2004. The College of Engineering is proud to announce the following ten scholar-athlete recipients have earned a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.60 or higher while competing in Division I athletics.
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Peter Nero to Receive Honorary Engineering Degree at Commencement (6/4/04)
Peter Nero, the founder, conductor, arranger, composer and conductor of the Philly Pops--which is celebrating its 24th anniversary this year--will receive an honorary engineering degree at this year's Commencement.
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Graduate Student Yelena Kushleyeva (CS) Awarded 2004 Allen Newell Prize (6/3/04)
Graduate student Yelena Kushleyeva (CS) will be awarded the 2004 Allen Newell Prize for best student paper at the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, the premier conference in the area of cognitive modeling.
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Senior Design Competition Winners Announced (6/3/04)
The College of Engineering held its Annual Senior Design Group Competition on Wednesday, June 2, 2004. This year, eight engineering projects from five of the college’s departments were selected as finalists to present their work during this last phase of the competition. John Chmiola was awarded first place and $2000.
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Formual SAE Race Car and Ford's 2005 Mustang Meet in Quad (6/2/04)
The College of Engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics and the Formula SAE race car team celebrated the strong performance of Drexel’s FSAE race car in this May’s international FSAE competition at the Silverdome on Tuesday, June 1st in the Quad.
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Faculty Recognition Dinner to be Held Thursday, June 3rd (5/26/04)
Two College of Engineering faculty will receive awards at this year's Faculty Recognition Dinner on Thursday, June 3rd, 2004.
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Annual Senior Design Competition Finals Held (5/26/04)
The College of Engineering will hold its annual Senior Design Group Competition, which is sponsored by Environmental Tectonics Corporation and Lockheed-Martin, on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2004.
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Dr. Jeremy Johnson Appointed Department Head (5/24/04)
The Computer Science Department is happy to announce a successful conclusion to their search for a permanent department head.
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Drexel Re-Designated a Center of Academic Excellence by NSA (5/20/04)
Drexel University was re-designated by the National Security Agency as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for academic years 2004-2007.
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College of Engineering Honors 2003-04 Teaching Assistant Awardees (5/19/04)
On May 17, 2004, Drexel University held its annual Teaching Assistant (TA) Excellence Awards Ceremony and Reception at the University Club in the Creese Student Center.
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Dr. George M. Hornberger to Speak at This Year's Civil Engineering Alumni Lecture (5/6/04)
Dr. Hornberger, the Ernest H. Ern Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and the Associate Dean for the Sciences at the University of Virginia, will speak Tuesday, May 11 at 3:00 p.m. in Room 240 LeBow.
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Pennsylvania Nanotech Conference Held at Convention Center May 25th-26th (5/5/04)
On behalf of Governor Edward G. Rendell, Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Yablonsky today announced that "The Business of Nano" conference will be held May 25th-26th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
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Drexel University Research Day 2004 Winners Announced (5/5/04)
Winners have been announced for Drexel University's Research Day 2004, which was held Tuesday, May 4th in the Daskalakis Athletic Center on the Drexel campus.
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2 CoE Teams Phase II Winners in Drexel Business Plan Competition (4/30/04)
Two teams including College of Engineering students were declared finalists in Phase II of the LeBow College of Business and the Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology’s 2004 Business Plan Competition.
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Drexel Hosts Karp Symposium in Honor of 2004 Franklin Laureate(4/28/04)
Drexel's Department of Computer Science Hosted a Symposium on Computational Complexity in honor of Dr. Richard M. Karp, the recipient of the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science.
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Record Number of Posters Submitted for Sixth Annual Research Day 2004 (4/26/04)
Nearly 450 posters will highlight the accomplishments of University students, post-doctoral fellows, residents, technicians and staff members at the Sixth Annual Research Day on Tuesday, May 4, 2004.
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Urban Engineers Inc. Hosts Drexel for Corporate Breakfast (4/23/04)
In celebration of their long-standing partnership with Drexel University, Urban Engineers, Inc. hosted a corporate breakfast for members of the Urban team to mingle with those from Drexel.
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MSE Students Sweep ASM Liberty Bell Graduate Student Poster Contest (4/20/04)
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering was well represented at the April 15th ASM Liberty Bell Chapter's Graduate Student Poster Contest, where MSE students took home 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
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Dee Breger's (MSE) Micrographic Image on Cover of April 23rd Science (4/16/04)
The College of Engineering is pleased to welcome Dee Breger, the new Director of Microscopy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Breger's work can be seen on the cover of the April 23rd issue of Science.
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Three Drexel College of Engineering Students Receive NSF Graduate Fellowships (4/07/04)
Three Drexel engineering students have received Graduate Research Fellowships from NSF to pursue their graduate studies; an additional six students received honorable mentions for this prestigious three-year award.
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Two Drexel College of Engineering Students Receive NDSEG Graduate Fellowships (4/07/04)
Two Drexel engineering students have received prestigious National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (NDSEG) for the 2004-05 academic year.
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Drexel Hosts NSF Cyberinfrastructure Workshop April 22nd-23rd (4/07/04)
Drexel University will be hosting the NSF Engineering directorate’s Cyberinfrastructure Workshop on campus from April 22nd to 23rd. This year’s theme is “Research Opportunities in CyberEngineering/CyberInfrastructure.”
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MSE Student Receives Amelia Earhart Scholarship (4/02/04)
Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Gwénaëlle Proust has received an Amelia Earhart Fellowship from Zonta International.
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Three MSE Graduate Students Named Finalists in SAMPE 2004 (3/24/04)
Three materials science and engineering students have been named finalists in the 2004 Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) University Research Symposium International Competition.
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Lacovara to Present Patagonia Findings at NYC’s Famed Explorer’s Club (3/18/04)
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, director engineering geology, will be presenting his latest findings from Patagonia this Saturday, March 20th, at the 100th Anniversary Gala held at the Waldorf-Astoria for New York’s famed Explorer’s Club.
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ECE’s Miu, Niebur and Nwankpa Receive MURI Funding (3/18/04)
The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) proposal submitted by Drs. Karen Miu (PI), Dagmar Niebur (Co-PI) and Chika Nwankpa of the ECE Department has been selected for $3,723,851 of funding by the DoD.
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CoE Students Win Prizes in Phase I of Drexel's Business Plan Competition (3/1/04)
Six College of Engineering students were among the Phase 1 winners of the LeBow College of Business and Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology 2004 Business Plan Competition.
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Dr. Roger Doherty Named A.W. Grosvenor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (3/1/04)
Dr. Roger D. Doherty has been named the A.W. Grosvenor Professor in recognition of his professional accomplishments and personal efforts in development of the materials engineering program and Drexel.
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CoE Holds 10th Annual Kamikaze Egg Drop Competition (2/27/04)
The 10th Annual Kamikaze Egg Drop Competition was held Friday, February 27th marking the end of a week of Drexel events in honor of National Engineers Week.
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Ho and Naguib Represent Drexel at 2004 International Business Plan Competition (2/26/04)
Emily Ho and Nevin Naguib, Ph.D. students in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, were chosen to participate in the University of San Francisco 2004 International Business Plan Competition April 1-3.
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Drexel Engineering Hosts 13th FIRST Robotics Philadelphia Regional Competition March 25-27, 2004(2/26/04)
For the fifth year in a row, Drexel University and the College of Engineering are proud to host the FIRST Robotics Philadelphia Regional Competition on the Drexel campus. This year's competition will take place March 25-27.
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National Academy of Engineering Elects Dr. Eli Fromm to Membership (2/18/04)
The NAE announced the election to membership of Dr. Eli Fromm ’62, ‘64, the LeRoy A. Brothers Professor (ECE) for “innovation and leadership in the development of a holistic curriculum for engineering education.”
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CoE's Drs. Wootton and Lec Receive Funding from BioAdvance (2/13/04)
BioSensus, a biomedical company founded by two CoE researchers along with a colleague from Drexel College of Medicine, has received $500,000 in start-up funding from the Greenhouse fund of BioAdvance.
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Bah and Garcia Win 2004 Rohm and Haas Scholarships (2/13/04)
Alpha Bah and Danny Garcia, undergraduates in Drexel’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, are the recipients of 2004 Rohm and Haas Scholarship in mechanical and chemical engineering
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College of Engineering Holds Honors Day February 25th (2/13/04)
Every year, the College of Engineering Holds its Honors Day during National Engineers Week to celebrate the accomplishments of the college's students, faculty and staff.
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Dr. Paul Oh and Dr. Steve Wrenn Receive 2004 NSF CAREER Awards(2/11/04)
Dr. Paul Oh (MEM) and Dr. Steve Wrenn (chemical) were recently awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) 2004 CAREER Awards, bringing the number of CoE faculty awardees of this prestigious grant to twenty-four.
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College of Engineering Co-Sponsors Delaware Valley Young Inventors Competition (2/11/04)
Drexel’s College of Engineering recently co-sponsored this year’s Delaware Valley Young Inventors Competition which was held at Monsignor Bonner High School on January 24th.
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Travis Mohr '04 (civil) Overcomes Obstacles to Swim to Success (2/09/04)
Travis Mohr ’04 (civil), who was born without either of his femur bones, is a gold-medalist Paralympic swimmer in training for this years Paralympics in Athens, Greece.
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Dr. Kenneth Lacovara Files First Report from Patagonia (1/19/04)
Dr. Lacovara files his first report from Patagonia, Argentina, where he is cu rrently leading a team of 12 scientists and volunteers on a month-long dinosaur fossil excavation.
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At 14, Nation's Youngest Ph.D. Student Enrolls at Drexel's College of Engineering (1/14/04)
Alia Sabur, a 14-year-old Long Island, N.Y., native has enrolled at Drexel University to pursue a doctoral degree
in mechanical and electrical engineering. She is the youngest Ph.D. student in the nation.
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Drexel Geologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara to Lead Expedition to Patagonia (1/05/04)
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, director of Drexel's Engineering Geology Program, is leading an expedition to Patagonia for a full-scale excavation of a fossil of "one of the most massive dinosaurs ever."
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Dr. Anthony Lowman Named College of Engineering’s Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies (12/30/03)
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce that Dr. Anthony Lowman, professor of chemical engineering, has accepted the position of associate dean for undergraduate studies beginning January 1, 2004.
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Annual Giegerich Scholarship Luncheon Held (12/24/03)
Each fall, a luncheon is held in honor of Steven Giegerich that brings past and current Giegerich Scholarship recipients together with members of the Giegerich family.
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Dr. Gary Friedman Featured in EETimes(12/12/03)
The nanotechnology work of Dr. Gary Friedman, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, was featured in a recent article in EETimes.
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Dr. Yury Gogotsi Receives Prestigious R&D 100 Award for Nanostructured Carbide-Derived Carbon (12/05/03)
Considered to be the most prestigious honor in applied research world-wide, R&D 100 awards recognize the 100 most technologically significant new products & processes of the year.
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Dr. Kenneth Lacovara Speaking December 5th at Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Explorer Series (12/02/03)
Drexel's Dr. Kenneth Lacovara will be lecturing December 5th at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Explorers Series. Lacovara's work with the world’s best preserved dinosaur was also featured in the national press this week.
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Dr. Yury Gogotsi Featured in November’s Nature (12/02/03)
Dr. Yury Gogotsi, professor of materials science and engineering is featured in the nanotechnology article “Small World, Big Hopes,” in this November's issue of Nature magazine.
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Dr. Eli Fromm Receives International Engineering Consortium’s Fellow Award (12/01/03)
The International Engineering Consortium presented Dr. Eli Fromm '62, '64, the Roy A. Brothers Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with their Board of Director's Fellow Award for his contributions to the field of engineering .
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Dr. Jaydev Desai Receives SAE’s Teetor Award (12/01/03)
Dr. Jaydev Desai, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, was recently selected as a recipient of a prestigious 2004 Society of Automotive Engineers’ (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award.
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Dr. Nihat Bilgutay Elected a Fellow of the IEEE (11/24/03)
Dr. Nihat Bilgutay, professor and head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE).
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Lowman and Marcolongo’s Company Gelifex featured in Philadelphia Business Journal (11/06/03)
Dr. Tony Lowman, associate professor of chemical engineering, was featured in Monday’s Philadelphia Business Journal along with Dr. Michele Marcolongo, assistant professor of materials science and engineering.
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Gogotsi’s Graphite Cones Selected as Cover for Next 15 Issues of Carbon Journal (11/06/03)
A picture of naturally occurring graphite cones related to a paper authored by Dr. Yury Gogotsi (materials), J.A. Jaszczak, G.W. Robinson and S. Dimovski, was selected to appear on the cover of the next 15 issues of Carbon.
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Dr. Bruce Eisenstein ’65 Invited To Give 2003 Judith A. Resnick Memorial Lecture at Lafayette College (10/31/03)
Dr. Bruce Eisenstein ‘65, Arthur J. Rowland Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, gave the 2003 Judith A. Resnick Memorial Lecture at Lafayette College on October 27. His lecture was titled "The Hero with 1,000 Phases."
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Ph.D. student Carl Imhauser Receives German American Exchange Post-Doctoral Fellowship (10/27/03)
Carl Imhauser ’00, ’04 (mechanical) has received a German Academic Exchange Post-Doctoral Fellowship from DAAD to pursue research at the Instiute for Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics in Ulm, Germany.
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Materials Ph.D. Students Win at Society of Engineering Science Technical Meeting (10/27/03)
Steven Galen and Gwénaëlle Proust, Ph.D. students in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, received 2nd and 3rd prize in the student paper competition at the 40th Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science.
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College of Engineering Signs Articulation Agreement with Williamstown High School (10/23/03)
Drexel has signed an articulation agreement permitting qualified graduates from Williamstown’s Academy for the Engineering Sciences to be automatically accepted into the College of Engineering.
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ATOFINA Establishes Chemicals Fellowship at Drexel(10/21/03)
Due to efforts by Drs. Yury Gogotsi, Alex Fridman and Giuseppe Palmese, ATOFINA has set up a new ATOFINA Chemicals Fellowship in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
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College of Engineering Announces 2003-04 Koerner Family Fellows (10/21/03)
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce the 2003-04 Koerner Family Fellows. Now in its 3rd year, the fellowship program was established by the Koerner family in honor of their many years of association with Drexel.
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Dr. Yury Gogotsi (materials) Receives R&D 100 Award in Chicago (10/21/03)
A team led by Drexel's Dr. Yury Gogotsi received an R&D 100 Award for their Nanostructured Carbide-Derived Carbon.. R&D 100 awards recognize the 100 most technologically significant new products & processes of the year.
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Dr. Stephen L. Squires '70 Named Drexel's Engineer of the Year 2003 (10/07/03)
On October 16th, Drexel's College of Engineering will honor Dr. Stephen L. Squires '70 as the 2003 Engineer of the Year. During the awards banquet, eight CoE alumni will also be inducted into the college's Alumni Circle of Distinction.
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Drexel's NSF-IGERT Program Featured in Nature (10/06/03)
The October 2, 2003 issue of Nature features Drexel's IGERT program in Nanoscale Science and Engineering in an article on the increasing popularity of multidiscplinary training and educational programs.
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Lacovara Made a Member of Manhattan’s Fabled Explorer’s Club (10/6/03)
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, director of Drexel’s Engineering Geology program, was inducted into New York's Explorer's Club on October 1st while there to give the lecture "Giants in the Mangrove: The Dinosaurs of Cretaceous Egypt."
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6th Annual Anthony C. Digneo Scholarship Golf Tournament Raises $16,000 (9/24/03)
Organized in loving memory of Anthony C. Digneo ‘72 (mechanical), the Digneo family held the 6th Annual Anthony C. Digneo Scholarship Golf Tournament at the Pennsauken Country Club on Tuesday, September 16th.
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Hoeganaes Corporation Establishes $250,000 Chair in Powder Metallurgy (9/23/03)
The Hoeganaes Corporation, a leading producer of ferrous metal powders, has established an endowment of $250,000 for a Chair in Powder Metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
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College of Engineering Announces 2003-04 Hill Fellows (9/23/03)
The College of Engineering is pleased to announce the 2003-04 Hill Fellows. Established in 1991, the George Hill, Jr. Endowed Fellowship is awarded to qualified candidates Ph.D. candidates within the College of Engineering.
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Dr. Tony Lowman (chemical) named one of top 100 innovators by MIT(9/15/03)
Dr. Tony Lowman has been named to the 2003 list of the world's 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review, MIT's Magazine of Innovation. The TR100 consists of 100 individuals whose innovative technological work and commercial inventions profoundly impact today's world.
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Meet the College of Engineering's New Faculty Members (9/10/03)
The College of Engineering is pleased to introduce the ten new tenure-track faculty members joining the College of Engineering this fall.
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Svetlana Dimovski a Semifinalist in Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge (8/26/03)
A microphotograph of naturally occurring carbon cones taken by Ph.D. student Svetlana Dimovski (materials) has been selected as a semifinalist in NSF and Science's 2003 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.
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Drs. Gogotsi’s and Barsoum’s Paper Published in Nature Materials (8/18/03)
A paper authored by materials science and engineering professors Dr. Yury Gogotsi and Dr. Michel Barsoum, will be published in the next issue of Nature Materials as well as posted on the prestigious scientific journal's website.
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Lowman and Marcolongo’s company, Gelifex, Inc., Featured in Philadelphia Inquirer (8/4/03)
Gelifex, Inc., the brainchild of Dr. Tony Lowman (chemical) and Dr. Michele Marcolongo (materials), was featured in an article on the front page of the Business section in the Monday, August 4th edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Dr. Gogotsi Wins Prestigious 2003 R&D 100 Award (7/21/03)
The Nanostructured Carbide-Derived Carbon (CDC) project led by Dr. Yury Gogotsi, professor of materials science and engineering, has won a 2003 R&D 100 Award.
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Drexel Space Dragons Fly Again (7/16/03)
Ten Drexel students took off from Ellington Field in Houston on July16th in NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program (RGSFOP) at the Johnson Space Center.
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Senator Arlen Specter Focuses on Need for Local Cyber Forensics Laboratory(7/14/03)
U.S. Attorney Meehan, F.B.I. Special Agent Jeffrey Lampinski and Drexel's President Constantine Papadakis presented information today to Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa) highlighting the need for a local cyber forensics lab and the role Drexel University could play in this important initiative.
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Dr. Linda Abriola ‘76 (civil) Named Dean of the Tufts University School of Engineering (7/10/03)
Dr. Linda Abriola ‘76, one of the world's top experts in ground water contamination and remediation and a recent member of the National Academy of Engineering, has been named dean of the Tufts University School of Engineering.
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Jamie Ostroha Admitted to National Academies Internship Program (7/2/03)
Ph.D. student Jamie Ostroha (materials) has received admission to the National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Internship Program.
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16th Annual Concrete Canoe Competition a Success Despite Heavy Rains (6/24/03)
Drexel University successfully hosted the 2003 ASCE/MBT National Concrete Canoe Competition this past weekend despite torrential rains, a flooded race site and a last minute venue change from Fairmount to FDR Park.
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Dr. Bahram Nabet Appointed an Associate Dean of Special Projects for the College of Engineering (6/23/03)
Dr. Bahram Nabet, professor of electrical and computer engineering and affiliated professor of biomedical engineering, has been named the College of Engineering's associate dean for special projects in the area of international programs.
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Drexel University Hosts 16th Annual ASCE/MBT National Concrete Canoe Competition June 20-22nd (6/13/03)
Drexel University, the College of Engineering and the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering proudly host the 16th Annual ASCE/MBT NCCC on the Drexel campus and at Fairmount Park June 20-22nd.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Strong Presence at International Microwave Symposium (6/10/03)
The College's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has a strong presence at this year's International Microwave Symposium (IMS), being held June 8-13, 2003 at the Philadelphia Convention Center.
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College of Engineering Awards Honorary Degrees and Posthumous Degree at Commencement 2003 (6/09/03)
John W. Rowe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exelon and Dr. Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov, President of the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow will receive honorary engineering degrees at at Saturday, June 14th's Commencement ceremony at the Daskalakis Athletic Center. Lance Cpl. Joseph Maglione will receive a posthumous B.S. degree.
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Senior Design Competition Announces Winners (6/06/03)
The College of Engineering held its Annual Senior Design Group Competition on Wednesday, June 4, 2003, and announced its 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Holds Annual Awards and Recognition Ceremony (5/30/03)
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department held its annual ECE Awards and Recognition Ceremony May 23rd to express their appreciation for the hard work and dedication of the department's faculty, alumni and students.
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Two CoE Student Seams Selected as Finalists in Baiada Business Plan Competition (5/15/03)
Two of the six projects selected by the Laurence A. Baiada Center as finalists in this year's Business Plan Competition were presented by CoE student teams.
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Drexel University Holds Blue and Gold Days 2003 (5/14/03)
Drexel University and College of Engineering alumni from around the country came to campus to reconnect with fellow alumni and former faculty May 2-3 in celebration of Blue and Gold Days 2003.
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College of Engineering Holds Drexel Plasma Institute Dedication Ceremonies (5/8/03)
Drs. Fridman, Gutsol and Smith unveil “Plasma Lab on Wheels” at dedication ceremonies, which include
a tour of the institute's facilities.
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Drs. Michele Marcolongo and Tony Lowman Receive $405,000 for their Company Gelifex, Inc. (5/2/03)
Drs. Michele Marcolongo (materials) and Anthony Lowman (chemical)’s company Gelifex, Inc. received $405,000 from BioAdvance, the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
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College Hosts Franklin Institute’s Bower Awardees for “Future of Aviation” Panel Discussion (4/30/03)
On April 25th, the College of Engineering held “The Future of Aviation,” a lecture and panel discussion featuring this year’s Franklin Institute’s Bower Award and Prize winners--both awarded in the field of aviation.
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Drexel Team Overall Regional Champs at Penn-Del Concrete Canoe Competition (4/28/03)
No 'Paddlin Fools,' this past weekend, the Drexel Concrete Canoe team became the Overall Regional Champions for the 6th year in a row at the 2003 Penn-Del Regional Concrete Canoe Regional Competition.
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Drexel University Research Day 2003 Winners Announced (4/24/03)
Winners have been announced for Drexel University's Research Day 2003, which was held Tuesday, April 22nd in the Daskalakis Athletic Center on the Drexel campus.
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Drexel Hosts Penn-Del Regional Concrete Canoe Competition April 25-26th in New Britain, Pa. (4/23/03)
The Drexel University concrete canoe team is set to claim its sixth straight Concrete Canoe Penn-Delaware regional championship Saturday at Peace Valley State Park in New Britain, Pa.
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Drexel Establishes Scholarship Fund in Honor of Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione (4/21/03)
Drexel University’s College of Engineering and Department of Athletics announce the establishment of the Joseph B. Maglione Memorial Scholarship Fund in honor of Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione.
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Drexel University Holds Research Day 2003 on Tuesday, April 22nd (4/21/03)
Drexel's University-wide Research Day 2003 will be held tomorrow, Tuesday April 22nd, in the Daskalakis Athletic Center on the Drexel University Campus at 33rd and Market Streets.
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Three Drexel Students Receive NSF Graduate Fellowships; Four More Receive Honorable Mentions (4/14/03)
Three Drexel engineering students have received Graduate Research Fellowships from NSF to pursue their graduate studies; an additional four students received honorable mentions for this prestigious three-year award.
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering Awards 2003 Faculty and Alumna Awards (4/11/03)
Anne Stevens ’80 receives the department's 2003 Outstanding Alumna of the Year award, and takes time out to address Drexel's Society of Women Engineers while on campus.
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Dr. Christopher Li Receives $400,000 5-Year NSF CAREER Award (4/3/03)
Dr. Christopher Li, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was awarded a competitive NSF CAREER grant for his proposal on hierarchical block copolymers .
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Winners Announced for FIRST Robotics Philadelphia Regional Competition, held at Drexel University (4/2/03)
Winners are announced for ast week's FIRST Philadelphia Regional Competition, held on the Drexel Campus and co-sponsored by PECO and Drexel's College of Engineering.
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College of Engineering Hosts FIRST Robotics Philadelphia Regional Competition March 27th-29th (3/26/03)
For the fourth year in a row, Drexel University is proud to host the FIRST Robotics Philadelphia Regional Competition on the Drexel campus. This year’s event, titled “Stack Attack,” starts Thursday March 27th and runs through the 29th.
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Materials Science and Engineering Receives NSF Funding for Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (3/25/03)
Materials’ Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education proposal "NUE: The Drexel Nano Engineering Track," has been been funded by NSF for $99,998. The effort was headed by Dr. Chris Li, who also received a 3M Young Faculty Award.
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Provost Eaton Announces University Strategic Planning Committee Members (3/24/03)
Provost Harvill Eaton has announced the members of the University Strategic Planning Committee, which will be made up by students and faculty hailing from colleges and departments throughout the University.
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Ph.D. Candidate Milan Ivosevic Receives Dragomir Nicolitch Scholarship (3/24/03)
Milan Ivosevic, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been awarded the Studenica Foundation’s prestigious Dragomir Nicolitch Charitable Trust Scholarship.
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Provost Announces Creation of A. J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (DNI) (3/20/03)
Provost Eaton announced the creation of two A. J. Drexel Research Institutes, the Drexel Institute for Basic and Applied Protein Science and the Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, led by CoE's Dr. Yury Gogotsi.
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Computer Science Professors Establish Method for Pen-Based Electronic Grading (3/19/03)
Drs. Jeffrey Popyack and Bruce Char of CoE’s Department of Computer Science and Dr. Nira Herrmann and Paul Zoski of Mathematics have created a method of pen-based electronic grading for use on electronic papers.
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CoE Professors Receive Louis and Bessie Stein Family Fellowships (3/13/03)
Two teams of professors have been selected as recipients of 2003 Louis and Bessie Stein Family Fellowships. The fellowships were created to support exchanges between Drexel and Israeli universities.
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William J. Utzy Endowed Scholarship Fund For Engineering Undergraduates Established (3/12/03)
The fund of nearly $1.8 million will provide financial assistance to engineering undergraduates, including several of the college’s SuperNOVA students, based on academic merit and financial need.
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Lockheed Martin Hosts SuperNOVA Students at Moorestown Site (3/4/03)
Lockheed Martin’s Division of Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems (NE&SS) hosted Drexel University’s SuperNOVA students on a site tour of their Moorestown, NJ location.
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College of Engineering Holds 9th Annual Kamikaze Egg Drop Competition Friday, February 21st (2/21/03)
The Ninth Annual Kamikaze Egg Drop Competition was held in the Great Court of Drexel University’s Main Building to mark the end of a week of events held in honor of National Engineers Week February 16-22nd. 
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College of Engineering Holds 2003 Honors Day Awards Ceremony Wednesday, February 19th (2/19/03)
Each year, the College of Engineering holds its annual Honor’s Day awards ceremony during National Engineers Week to recognize scholarship and excellence among the college’s students, faculty and staff. 
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Dr. Cameron Abrams Receives $336K ONR Young Investigator Award (2/14/03)
Dr. Cameron F. Abrams, assistant professor of chemical engineering, was awarded a three-year, $336K Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
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Dean Guceri Interviewed for American Airlines "Best Engineering Schools in America" Radio Program (2/11/03)
American Airlines is currently playing "Best Engineering Schools in America" on 19,300 flights nationwide. The radio program features an interview with the College's Dean Guceri and will play for the entire month of February. ”
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2003 National Concrete Canoe Competition Kick-Off Party Held at Pyramid Club (2/10/03)
The 2003 ASCE/MBT National Concrete Canoe Competition celebrations officially started last Thursday, February 6th, at a kick-off party hosted at the Pyramid Club by Drexel E-Learning.”
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College of Engineering Hosts Team of Educators from United Arab Emirates University (2/6/03)
CoE hosted a group of faculty members this week from the United Arab Emirates University's (UAEU) College of Engineering. UAEU is one of the many schools worldwide to have adopted Drexel's famous engineering curriculum.”
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Dean Selcuk Guceri Awarded 60K for NATO-ASI to be held September 1-12, 2003 in Turkey (2/4/03)
Dean Selcuk Guceri has been awarded 60K from NATO to hold an Advanced Study Institute (NATO-ASI) in Antalya, Turkey from September 1-12, 2003 on the subject of "Nanoengineered Nanofibrous Materials.”
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Drexel Hosts FIRST Robotics Competition March 27th-29th (2/4/03)
Drexel University is hosting the 12th Annual FIRST Robotics Philadelphia Regional Competition March 22-29. The goal of FIRST Robotics is to inspire high school students to achieve and to aspire to careers in science and technology.
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Dr. Patricia Gallagher Receives 5-Year CAREER Award from NSF (1/29/03)
Dr. Patricia Gallagher of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering was awarded a prestigious NSF CAREER award for her proposal, “Passive Site Stabilization for Mitigation of Liquefaction Risk: From Concept to Technology."
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NSF Selects Drexel's Dr. Wartman to Lead Reconnaissance Following Last Tuesday's Earthquake (1/27/03)
Dr. Joseph Wartman left Sunday to lead a team of geotechnical engineering experts on an engineering reconnaissance of the region damaged by last Tuesday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake centered in Colima, Mexico.
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College of Engineering Alumni Association Celebrates Reactivation (1/29/03)
COEAA hosted a meet-and-greet event for new members and to celebrate the organization’s reactivation at a men’s home basketball game against William and Mary.
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New Associate Deans of Special Projects (12/20/02)
Dr. Stewart Personick, the E. Warren Colehower Chair Professor of Telecommunications in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Dr. Yury Gogotsi, professor of materials engineering and mechanical engineering and mechanics, have accepted to serve as the College’s Associate Deans for Special Projects, effective immediately.
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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Holds Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt Weekend, January 4-5, 2003, featuring Drexel's Dr. Ken Lacovara (12/20/02)
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia held a “Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt weekend” on January 4-5 to give Philadelphians a first-hand account of what it was like to be a part of the Bahariya Dinosaur Project (BDP).
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Annual Giegerich Scholarship Luncheon Held (1/17/03)
Each fall, an annual luncheon is held in honor of Steven Giegerich to bring past and current Giegerich Scholarship recipients together with members of the Giegerich family.
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Drexel’s Materials Engineering Department Hosts Microstructure Sensitive Design (MSD) Workshop December 2-7, 2002
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Computer Programming Teams Shine in ACM's Mid-Atlantic Regional Contest 11/21/02
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$2.9M IGERT Proposal Receives NSF Funding (11/14/02)
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Dr. Mun Choi Receives $849,000 Grant from NASA (11/08/02)
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College of Engineering Receives $12,500 from ExxonMobil’s Departmental Grants Program (11/08/02)
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Drexel Co-Sponsors 2002 Annual Water Resources Conference in Philadelphia November 3-7, 2002 (10/30/02)
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2nd Class of Koerner Fellows Announced (10/28/02)
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Dr. George E. Law Jr. '76, '78, '81 Selected as Drexel University's 2002 Engineer of the Year. Lockheed Martin's F-22 Chief Engineer and former Chief Engineer of the Joint Strike Fighter to give on campus lecture and receive award on Thursday, October 17th (10/07/02)
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Drexel University Receives $6M in funding for "Phase 2" of the Applied Communications and Information Networking (ACIN) program (10/3/02)
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Environmental Engineering Joins the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (09/26/02)
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Book featuring Dr. Ken Lacovara's work,The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt, Coming Out Oct. 1st from Random House; Companion Edition to A&E Documentary Premiering Oct. 8th at 9pmET (9/26/02)
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5th Annual Anthony C. Digneo Scholarship Golf Tournament Held on September 17th 09/19/02
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Nyheim Chair Dr. Alexander Fridman Receives $4.8M Grant from Department of Energy (9/10/02)
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Ph.D. Candidate Ashraf A. Ali Selected by the Fiber Society as Finalist in Paper Competition (9/10/02)
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Dr. Charles N. Haas Wins AEESP's 2002 Frontier Award in Research (9/10/02)
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The Department of Computer Science Joins the College of Engineering (09/06/02)
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Ph.D. Candidate Milan Ivosevic Receives One of Only Two International Thermal Spray Association Postgraduate Scholarships (09/04/05)
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The College of Engineering Appoints Dr. Mun Y. Choi Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (8/29/02)
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The College of Engineering Appoints Dr. Surya R. Kalidindi Chair of the Department of Materials Engineering (8/29/02)
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Dr. Richard Knight Elected Vice President of ASM International’s Thermal Spray Society (8/27/02)
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Seven Drexel Engineering Students Blast off in NASA's KC-135A in Houston, TX on July 25th and 26th (7/24/02)
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Dr. Alexander Fridman Joins Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (7/12/02)
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Joel M. Koppelman ’70 Receives AACE’s 2002 Award of Merit (07/12/02)
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Mitchell Receives Teaching Excellence Award (07/08/02)
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Henry I. Boreen ’56, ’58 Receives Honorary Degree at Commencement ‘02 (07/01/2002)
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Svetlana Dimovski receives Earhart Fellowship and Dragomir Nikolitch Scholarship (06/18/2002)
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Cairncross Wins Pressure Sensitive Tape Council's Dahlquist Award (06/16/2002)
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Gogotsi Elected to Sintering Society (06/12/2002)
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Winners of 2002 Senior Design Competition Announced 06/11/2002
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2001-2002 TA Excellence Awards Announced (06/11/2002)
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CoE Senior Design Competition to be held May 29th (05/23/2002)
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Materials Department Sweeps ASM Awards (05/20/2002)
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College of Engineering's 2002 Research Day Winners (05/10/2002)
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Reception held in honor of Dr. Eli Fromm, winner of the Gordon Prize (04/27/2002)
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Drexel Alums Honored for ASHE's 2001 Project of the Year (04/27/2002)
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John Peirce '73, '78 Named Local Engineer of the Year by American Society of Civil Engineers (04/27/2002)
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Drexel Admitted to National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) (04/10/2002)
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Dr. Gogotsi Has Busy Week: Wins Somiya Award and is Published in Philadelphia Inquirer (04/05/2002)
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Drexel Students Garner Top Awards (04/05/2002)
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Eli Fromm Inaugural Winner of Coveted Gordon Prize (2/19/2002)
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10 alumni honored with Circle of Distinction awards at Honors Day on February 20th, 2002 (2/14/2002)
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Yury Gogotsi Selected as Winner of 2001 Collegiate Inventors Competition (2/4/02)
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Dr. Frederic B. Kremer Honored at Inaugural Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series (10/20/01)
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